Cain

First son of Adam and Eve; farmer whose anger leads to Abel's murder

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INTERPRETIVE PORTRAIT · NO RECOVERED LIKENESS

THEIR WORK WITHIN THE STORY

Working the soil with early farming tools

Interpretive reconstruction. Scripture supplies the role and setting; no recovered likeness exists, and clothing, face, posture, and moment remain artistic decisions.

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FIRST APPEARANCE

Genesis 4:1

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PRIMARY PASSAGES

Genesis 4

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Hebrews 11:4

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1 John 3:12

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Jude 11

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PLACES

Eden's east Land of Nod

RELATIONSHIPS

Adam Eve Abel

WORK WORLD · INTERPRETIVE ILLUSTRATION

BUILD THE WORLD AROUND THE NAME

Writing, teaching, memory, and public witness

A person profile becomes shallow when work, tools, food, weather, household, economy, power, and community disappear. This companion scene restores that material world without pretending it photographs Cain.

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